Mastodawn

Ghostalmedia

I’m not super surprised. I see Ionic 5s all over the place on the west coast, but 6s are rare.

Americans gobble up crossovers.

Zikeji Mar 7

As a 5 owner I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.

Granted I formerly had a Bolt EUV and liked the size. The 5 is a tad large for my taste.

entropicdrift Mar 7

The Kona electric and the new Nissan Leaf are comparable to the Bolt EUV

BigBenis Mar 8

I went from a Kona EV to an Ioniq 5 last fall (lease expired). I really liked the Kona, great city cruiser with the range for longer trips. The interior was a tad cramped but we made it work well enough. The main grievance was the limited charging rate was maxed at ~75kW, so a full fast charge took a minimum of 45 minutes.

I like the I5, it’s a lot more spacious inside and the charging rate is so much better. We took a long trip recently and charging stops didn’t exceed 15 minutes. But in comparison to the Kona the I5 drives like a boat, albeit a fast one.

When I bought my 2025 BMW i4 M50 it was voted the second best non-Tesla EV you could buy in North America. Number one was the Ioniq 5n. I think it has more going for it than it’s crossoverness.

Voted by whom?

It’s been two years and I read/watched a fuckton of reviews. I believe it was Autoweek that did their rankings, but it might have been Road & Track. I could look it up again, but I’m not that curious. Good luck on your search.

Yeah so, basically car enthusiasts, and more specifically not consumers.

That makes no sense. Sales figures do not measure only quality and performance, they also take into account affordability, marketing, dealership distribution, etc… The car enthusiast outlets tend.to focus only on the car.

If you want to buy the most popular car, look at sales figures. If you want to buy the best car, look at expert reviews.

It makes perfect sense when you realize that the comment you replied to was about popular cars, and not good ones.

No. I replied to the comment insinuating that the ioniq5 sold well because it is a crossover by noting that it was voted to be the best non-tesla EV in North America (for model year 2025). People bought it because it was good, not just because it was a crossover.

You’re ignoring the fact that the Ioniq 6 did not sell well, despite having even better affordability, and exactly the same “marketing, dealership distribution, etc.”. It is ALSO good but people are not buying them.

Remember the list I noted about the best non-tesla EVs. Remember that I started by stating that the BMW was second to the ioniq5? I think the ioniq6 was somewhere on the lists Inwas looking at when shopping for an EV, but it definitely was nowhere near the top. It was getting beat by Polestar.

You misunderstood my original comment and your are starting to downvote and get bent out of shape about it, so I’m moving on.

Again, it’s the same car…

Steve Mar 7

I sat in both. I wanted to like the 6. It was much closer to the Accord it would replace. But I just didn’t like the interior. It didn’t fit right. It’s within an inch or so, the same exterior size as the Accord. Somehow the interior fealt slightly cramped. The 5 on the other hand is ~12in shorter but somehow feels bigger inside. It fit better anyway. Or I fit better.

Also I wondered about the SUV label. It may just be marketing, since as you said SUVs are popular in the US. But the classification on the paperwork was a “5 door hatchback”. And for some reason Americans don’t seem to like that word. Not sure it matters much. It clearly follows all the same design and safety rules of a car. Not a “Light Truck”. Which makes sense given it’s very much a mid-size car. The 6 is maybe an inch shorter, but it’s footprint is more than a foot longer. Somehow it’s practically the same length as my father’s Durango.

In short the Ioniq 6 just isn’t quite right, while the 5 is an exceptionally good car.

mctoasterson Mar 7

I sat in one because the guy at the dealership said it was their only new EV in stock. I see what they were going for, it is kind of a Porsche-esque swooped form factor. Inside I thought it was proportioned very oddly for my size (above average height). It was also very expensive for a non-luxury brand sedan.